| Autor: |
Waldron D; Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland., Coffey J, Murphy S, Bresnihan E, Finnegan P, Lynch V |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 1990 Jul; Vol. 50 (1), pp. 133-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0003-4975(90)90106-g |
| Abstrakt: |
A patient with chronic cough and recent dysphagia was found to have a retrotracheal mass extending into the visceral mediastinum on chest roentgenogram. A computed tomographic scan confirmed a retrotracheal lesion, which was believed to be of lymphatic origin. A thyroid scan demonstrated downward displacement of the left lobe but little uptake in the mass. Histological findings of mediastinal biopsies were inconclusive. A large retrotracheal thyroid adenoma was easily excised through a right thoracotomy. The approach to diagnosis and, in cases of doubt, the safety of surgical access through thoracotomy for thyroid lesions in this unusual site is discussed. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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